Dustpan



' E. H. HORST Oct. 17,1939.

DUSTPAN Filed Feb. 11, 1938 MFR INVENTOR. iZa/ard fl 1907152;

ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 17, 1939 .UNITED' STATES DUSTPAN Edward H. Horst, Clinton,Iowa, assignor to Patent Novelty Company, Fulton, 111., a corporation ofIllinois Application February 11, 1938, Serial No. 190,071

5 Claims.

This invention relates to dust pans of the kind that have a handle formoving the pan along the floor, in gathering up dust and dirt, and foropening and closing the cover of the pan, so that 5 the cover is openwhen the pan is on the floor,

but closed when lifted off the latter.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel andimproved construction and arrangement whereby the said cover is auto- 10matically controlled by a simple connection with the yoke of the handle,so that the cover is closed by and against the yoke when the pan islifted and carried around, and whereby the cover is opened by the yokewhen the pan is placed on the 15 floor for use.

It is also an object to provide certain details and novel features ofconstruction tending to increase the general efficiency and desirabilityof a dust pan of this particular character.

20 To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists inmatters hereinafter set forth and'claimed, and shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a dust pan involving the principles of theinvention, showing the same lifted off the floor.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1 of the drawing, on alarger scale, with the pan and its cover shown in dotted lines in aninclined 30 position thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the pan resting fiatwiseon the floor, with the cover in open position.

Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary section on line 35 4-4 in Fig. 3 of thedrawing.

As thus illustrated, the pan body I is open at its front edge 2 andclosed at its rear by the fixed hood 3, and is preferably made of sheetmetal. The cover 4 is hinged to the front edge 40 of the hood at 5, andwhen closed rests upon the front edge 2 of the body.

A handle 6 has a wire bail or yoke 1 that is pivoted on the sides of thebody at 8, and that has side links 9, of wire, hinged on the yoke at 45I and pivoted at H on the side of the cover.

These links 9 also have sliding motion in the openings at l l, the innerends l2 of these links being bent to prevent them from pulling outthrough said openings. 7

Thus, when the handle 6 is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the panhangs .down with the cover 4 closed and against the yoke 1, to carry thecontents in the rear portion of the body.

However, when the pan is on the floor, as shown 55 in Fig. 3, the cover4 is open and against the handle 6, and dust and dirt may be swept intothe front of the pan body. But when lifted off the floor, the pan thenassumes the closed condition shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

With the cover in closed position, it will be seen that all of thepivotal points 8 and II are forward of the hinge connections between thecover and the hood. When the cover is raised, the pivotal points 8. arestill forward of the said hinge connections 5, but the pivotal points II10 are then in rear thereof.

With the construction shown and .described, it will be seen that thehandle 6 is against the cover 4, and that the ball I is down against thetop of the body 3, when the latter is on the fioor and the handle isswung back as far as possible. When the body 3 is horizontal, and thecover 4 is closed, it will be seen that the pivotal points 8 and II arealso forward of the hinge 5 between the cover and the body. The samething stated another way is that in Fig. 2 the pivotal points 8 and I Iare above the hinge 5 between the body and cover, this being theposition of the parts when the device is lifted 01f the floor.

What I claim as my invention is: 1. In a dust pan, a pan body having acovered rear end and an open front end, a handle pivoted by a yoke onsaid body, so that the later will hang with its front end up and itsrear end down, when raised from the floor, a front cover hinged on saidbody, and a pivotal connection between said yoke and said cover, wherebythe later is closed when the pan is suspended by its handle, and is openwhen the pan is in operative horizontal position on the floor, saidpivotal connection comprising side links that slide endwise in theirpivotal points on the cover.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said links having bent ends atsaid pivotal points, and having their other ends coiled around thetransverse portion of said yoke.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1, the cover resting against thehandle and the bail on the body when the latter is flat on the floor andthe handle back as far as it can swing.

4. In a dust pan, a pan body having a covered rear end and an open frontend, a handle pivoted by a yoke on said body, so that the latter willhang with its front end up and its rear end down, when suspended by itshandle, a front cover 50 hinged on said body, and a pivotal connectionbetween said yoke and said cover, whereby the latter is closed when thepan is suspended by its handle, and is open when the pan is inoperativehorizontal position on the floor, the cover being against the56 handle and the bail on the body when the latter is on the floor andthe handle is as far back as it can swing, said pivotal connectioncomprising side links hinged on the yoke and pivoted on the cover, sothat the yoke engages and keeps the cover closed when the pan issuspended by its handle.

5. In a .dust pan, a pan body having a covered rear end and an openfront end, a handle pivoted by a yoke on said body, so that the latterwill hang with its front end up and its rear end down, when suspended byits handle, a front cover hinged on said body, and a pivotal connectionbetween said yoke and said cover, whereby the latter is closed when thepan is suspended by its handle, and is open when the pan is in operativehorizontal position on the floor, the cover being against the handle andthe bail on the body when the latter is on the floor and the handle isas far back as it can swing, all of the pivotal points on the body andcover being forward of the cover hinge, when the body is horizontal andthe cover 10 is closed.

EDWARD H. HORST.

